Originally Posted by ToddMcF2002
No familiar with the Kickstarter rules… Can you fund your own project? Seems to me if the get close enough they kick in the remainder, capture the funds and pay themselves back. Good ROI. Even if precluded it would be easy to launder through friends and family anyway.

It's forbidden by KS rules. This BTW also means you can't use paypal money collected on a website towards reaching your KS goal.